Campus Political Activities courtesy of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Gender and the Economy: Environment, Work, and Care Thursday, April 3rd | 3:30 pm - 5 pm | Room 210 Illini Union

Join us for talks by recent CAS Associates. At 11am Yuguo Chen (Statistics) discusses how statistical network analysis is used to develop methods to account for the complex dependencies in network data; and at noon, Soo Ah Kwon (Asian American Studies) argues for moving beyond simple binaries such as reformist/radical to better understand youth activism.

Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe To Thy Happy Children of the Future: Divestment as Progress, Students for Environmental Concerns, in conversation with Jim Hinterlong April 4, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Join us for a Graduate Student Lunch & Learn to discuss publishing on Gender Related Topics. We will hear from Dominique Moore (Illinois Press Acquisitions Editor) and Jeff Mcardle (Illinois Press Journals Manager). The event will take place from 12-1pm in room 306 Coble Hall. Lunch is available starting at 11:45am with RSVP.

Nature or Territory? Indigenous Representations of Forest Through Critical Cartography April 7th, 2025 | 4:00pm CST Virtual Meeting with Simultaneous Translation

What Now: Focus on Women and Gender in the New Era April 7 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm | Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, 1212 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL

Dr. Winful, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and a participant in the DRIVE Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Program, will discuss her research on the biological mechanisms linking stress to health, with a focus on inflammation. April 10 | 12 pm - 1 pm (CTS) | Main Library Room 146, or over zoom

PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION: April 10 - May 3 "The Art of Recreating Transnational Solidarity Against Global Apartheids" Murphy Art Gallery, University YMCA Women Life Freedom Collective and Humane Urbanisms Projects Opening Reception: Thursday, April 10th, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm (with Mirage music ensemble performance 6:30 pm) Murphy Art Gallery, University YMCA

Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe The Art of Recreating Transnational Solidarities Against Global Apartheids, Woman Life Freedom Collective and Humane Urbanisms Project April 11, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Graduate Research Lightning Talks Friday, April 11 | 12:00-1:30 pm | 306 Coble Hall

Reading Epilepsy in Sasha Marianna Salzmann's novel Beside Myself April 11 | 3 pm | Lucy Ellis Lounge

Friday Forum + Conversation Cafe Stories From Her Work as a Tribal Attorney, Land Defender and Founder of the Giniw Collective by Tara Houska, Tribal Attorney and Founder of the Giniw Collective April 18, 2025 12:00 pm -1:00 pm (CST) University YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign

Stillbirth: The Experience, and the Laws that Frame it April 22 | 12 pm | 180 Bevier Hall, 905 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, Illinois

Darius and Catherine Brubeck discuss their pioneering jazz curriculum and performance program developed in apartheid-era South Africa that brought black and white musicians together to create a soundtrack to the freedom struggle and its aftermath. South African jazz scholar and performer Colin Miller joins this conversation.

CSGGE Spring Reception. Please join us as we honor or GRID Graduates and CSGGE Award Recipients. Friday, April 25 | 4:00-5:00 pm | YMCA Latzer Hall. 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign. Remarks at 4:20pm.

This panel convenes energy researchers and activists to reflect on lessons learned from the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in Illinois, and on present-day issues in our energy landscape. 

Peruvian Women Defenders of the Amazon: Virtual Meeting with simultaneous translation April 30th, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm CST